3.5 GHz Rules Should Ensure Band Is Widely Used, CTIA Says
The FCC should reject proposals by the Satellite Industry Association that would “unnecessarily limit” out-of-band emissions limits and power levels in the 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band, CTIA said in reply comments filed Monday. The agency should instead increase power…
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limits “to allow for meaningful indoor and outdoor coverage,” CTIA said. It asked the FCC to revise its rules for the band and auction one less priority access license than applied for in a given census tract “to avoid systematically phasing out PALs with each subsequent auction” and also issue PALs in census tracts with a single applicant. The 3.5 GHz band “offers an important opportunity for innovative spectrum-based services,” CTIA said. “Establishing a licensing and regulatory framework that encourages providers to make the investments necessary to incorporate and deploy this spectrum into their networks will be key to unleashing this novel band’s potential.” The filing was in docket 12-354.